Hybrid radiation background monitoring in operational control and forecasting of environmental contamination by nuclear power station discharges

Journal Article · Thu May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986 · Sov. At. Energy (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

OSTI ID:5222058

Ermeev, I S; Eremenko, V A; Makarov, Y A; Matueev, V V; Zhernov, V S

Rapid developments in nuclear power have stimulated research on monitoring and forecasting environmental radiation pollution (ERP), and in particular the amounts, compositions, and distributions of radionuclides in the environment. A conceptual model is presented for hybrid environmental radiation pollution monitoring. When there is an emergency, the model operates in a fashion most closely corresponding to the actual meteorological conditions, and the ERP data given by the model enable one to distinguish changes due to the man-made component from random fluctuations in the natural background. The measurement system in general includes mobile and stationary data-acquisition facilities linked by wire or radio to the central point. The system also accumulates and stores data on the radiation environment, which are edited on the basis of radioactive, chemical, and other transformations. The purpose of hybrid monitoring is ultimately to analyze trends in order to detect elevated discharges and thus to output data to the regional monitoring system.

• OSTI ID: 5222058
• Journal Information: Sov. At. Energy (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 59:5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
METEOROLOGY
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
AIR POLLUTION MONITORING
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
AIR POLLUTION MONITORS
COMMUNICATIONS
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
FISSION PRODUCT RELEASE
FORECASTING
GASEOUS WASTES
RADIATION MONITORS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
CONTROL
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
MASS TRANSFER
MATERIALS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MONITORING
MONITORS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
POLLUTION CONTROL
POWER PLANTS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
SIMULATION
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
WASTES
500300* - Environment
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500200 - Environment
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